The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27

cook and steward were there, as also. q cabin
boy but the Captain was ashore. and No one
SSSHilS ssl u me Sot whether Sboat = m sSSSna mats tSe s sSip Ssee
one Of them 6eipicssIy drunk, and a little later
heavily, and after'tryine TO tell me his name
and failing 70 understand mine. ne went 10 ms
s sn'oIo With W. We S order ri thS rsa ! dsh 20 1a Gaii o nim tS be
work Of only half an hour from oYr. berth, and
the tide would not serve until midforenoon. !
bnt. the drunken fellows were bound to have
their iarewell caroqse. ana l g9t no n lee
s Wsrs 81 amy ane u s,s next L @esn insn in n1 Warpin 9TH" the
sober. and when I said something about the
oGan99, s ia q ths sS srsT he M sGpllSTa eimple, but ve
couldn't have got EN- aboard sober. You know.
Let aS. A. 4 whisper n s get out about a craft and sailors
had : my mouth open TO- ask X what hat, stories
gave mo an order and walked away. The sec
ond mate. who seemed to. have been on a spree
self. His. name was Anderson, and he apollo
gized for his presence by SAYING:
anoth eqn sG,S out but to l the Ssd very to sa assti tho hoB Bersh to f Bo
YOU w think tthey are very badf
rs this haunted shipf',
Didn't you know it was They gay she has
CHANGES eSsn ess Gaptain in ev aysry iri poF but a psrh that Il sh Is
only sailor talk. l hope We shall have no
He sIdAis,d' away in, q half ashamed manner,
once began warping the ship out, and before
n I%ipIy S ofl, T tSe m on o bsr way to- out t:noas,k so the Me TSes
together, the Captain, and SECOND mate acted
like different mon, and when, the watches were
H N Hsa fH6e e' Wns s a thorough SS5ash u SAILOR and nd i%afii
Si DISCIPLINE anI Zine, al and one new would ,ndoa nave ny o. y Judged by
NnthinIv ncrllrrnI tn prpptp an alarm Tor III rNa
man in the CAPTAINS watch, who was below.
s,oy va; n' ABOARD /. % W. have Ss heard ,ass E sroa Hase and 4
siShs Of aq Id s @ss Ssc, ,hs ,bs s tTS 4 niTbn n,n end
There comes the watch, sir, driven out by the
noises. Won't you please make a search"
watch had tumbled up, and 1 knew that they
must be badly frightened to thus exhibit them
sSS!yes; t99k a long look at the weather, saw
to tho forccnstlc alone Not q man dared to
follow me down there. ! wasn't even nervous.
self in the hold, and who was now III and starry
M iHE; l / had fsIt only iIe r ta"aH IT ih an f2 iss 9 hn ah1 i on mT
face, and next instant my hair was on end.
Some one was signing, grooming, and weeping.
direction. At one moment they. seemed to
come from tho very eyes of the ship,
tn! ans ul SaS n Which thsE W sGe place ns from ,h Ss
hold. l felt, too. all the time us il somebody
was moving about me. and put up my hand
ly admit to you that | was scared. but | was
determined not to show, my feelings to the
men, and as went on deck again 1 earelessly
" The noises come from the hold. Some one
has slowed himself away. AMI we'll have him
l left it with them to 40 back or remain on
deck. and not one Of them, nor yet y man in
my own watch, would go below until daylight
~ Whpn r N "a IN any In nISn liz
entirely away. The. Captain and Mr.. Anderson
both saw that something was wrong as soon az
then, and when 1 had finished he replied: :.
thei lG Gy. MeiI, Slr we A Aite roa shs 'hs bd Haye had
We had ono. hut 1t was %irultless of result. 1t
was thorough enough to copyince us that no
Very iiitio to say. Heemins. as Thought. great
y distressed in mind, but finally brought Mr..
Anderson AMBER n over to- agree rec vi, with MI, that the the
cargo, though why we shouldnot hear thom in
the daytime as we'll could not EXPLAIN
night. Both Mr. Anderson and myself Went
down and listened 10 them. but We could not
prevail upon the CAPTAIN to accompany us.
Before ~ o'clock the men were In such Il state
of trcriIation that it was hardly possible to
se,narate them to DO duty. and an hour later,
Captain. he lookedut me in the uueerest man
Mr.. Temple, VIC must go back to Liverpool.
VOYAGE we arc lost
With that he burst into tears and went of to
his statcroom and locked himself in. 1t was a
lieved that the Captain had gone daft. and the
second mnte was SO ratified that his advice
WIS no good. | Determined to hold the ship on
llnr course however, and she wis pursuing it
when, at . O'Clock in tho morning. the Captain
suddenly rushed on deck md spranG OVER
board with Il yell. and. though we laid the ship
to and lowered n boat, We found no trace Of
him. | then put tho ship about and carried
her into Liverpool, and it was the last Voyage
She ever made.